Book/Printed Material The revolt in Arabia,
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Title
- The revolt in Arabia,
Summary
- This historical booklet about the origins of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I was written by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), a Dutch professor who specialized in oriental languages and cultures and served as a colonial official in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). The booklet is a collection of newspaper articles by Hurgronje that appeared in the newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant in 1916, after Hurgronje had spent a year conducting research in Mecca and Jiddah. The articles were translated into English and published in book form in 1917. The first two chapters are a history of the sherifate (governorate) of Mecca and the administration of the Hijaz (southwest Arabia), based on a local dynasty of rulers claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad, but who had acknowledged Ottoman supremacy since the 16th century. In the third and final chapter, Hurgronje assesses the possibility of the sherifate leading a tribal revolt against the Ottoman Empire, which he held to be extremely unlikely. The appendix is a translation of a 1915 proclamation by Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī (circa 1853-1931), ruler of Hijaz, explaining his reasons for rebelling against the Ottomans. World Digital Library.
Names
- Snouck Hurgronje, C. (Christiaan), 1857-1936.
Created / Published
- New York, London, G.P. Putnam's sons, 1917.
Headings
- - Islam
- - World War, 1914-1918--Arabian Peninsula
- - Arabian Peninsula--History
Notes
- - A translation of articles published in the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche courant, July 14, 1916, with an appendix, "The official proclamation of the Shereef to the whole Moslem world, as it appeared translated into English the Near East for August 25, 1916." cf. Foreword.
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- vii, 50 p. 19 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DS244 .H7
Library of Congress Control Number
- 17007479
Online Format
- online text
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